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Topic: If you could conduct for one night (Read 30881 times)

Let's say you are able to be one of the best conductors in the world for a single concert - maybe you've asked a genie, or a fairy or wizard or something, and they have granted you conducting powers to lead any orchestra as you wish, and accompanist skills if you want to be joined by a soloist, for one concert (plus rehearsals). You can't cheat and put on a marathon concert of ten pieces.

Scarpia

Let's say you are able to be one of the best conductors in the world for a single concert - maybe you've asked a genie, or a fairy or wizard or something, and they have granted you conducting powers to lead any orchestra as you wish, and accompanist skills if you want to be joined by a soloist, for one concert (plus rehearsals). You can't cheat and put on a marathon concert of ten pieces.

There are versions for smaller orchestras. But I didn't realize before looking just now that they appear to be arrangements by third parties, nor are they as compact as I recalled. Let's substitute the Concertino for piano and six instruments...

Scarpia

There are versions for smaller orchestras. But I didn't realize before looking just now that they appear to be arrangements by third parties, nor are they as compact as I recalled. Let's substitute the Concertino for piano and six instruments...

This is an impossible question.... there is just too much repertoire I'd love to do. And too many orchestras...

I think I would love to do:

Strauss Vier Letzte LiederBruckner 9

But then again, it could be:

Debussy La MerRavel Concerto in GBrahms 4

Or just simply:

Mahler 2

I could think of a dozen others.

Can't even decide on the orchestra. Maybe Berlin Phil? But not for the Mahler. I love the CSO, but they first need to fill those empty clarinet and double bass principal chairs and retire a few other past-their-prime principals and assistant principal player before I'd take them. Concertgebouw? Staatskapelle Berlin?

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